Holden His Own
It appears as if Nick Holden, who was a healthy scratch for the first two games of the season, will play tonight alongside Ryan McDonagh. At least to begin with that is. As the Rangers season has progressed, the defensive pairings could be measured in minutes rather than games. So far the Rangers have dressed eight blueliners […]
DeAngelo and Smith Sit
After dressing seven defensemen in Sunday’s win over Montreal, Vigneault has elected to go back to a regular six man unit, pushing Tony DeAngelo out of the line-up, and keeping Brendan Smith out of the line-up as a healthy scratch for the second straight game. As a result of the changes, Marc Staal has been promoted to play alongside Ryan […]
Rangers Debuts And Milestones
There will be at least five new Rangers tonight, with the debuts of Kevin Shattenkirk, Filip Chytil, Paul Carey, Anthony DeAngelo and David Desharnais. Backup goaltender Ondrej Pavelec is also dressing, but would not be expected to see the ice unless the game situation dictates it. Together the five players will represent the 1031st, 1032nd, 1033rd, 1034th and 1035th players to dress for […]
Opening Night
Overall the Rangers are 38-38-13-1 in opening night games dating back to their NHL debut back in 1926-27. They currently sit on a three game winning streak, having beaten the Islanders 5-3 last season, Chicago 3-2 the previous year, and the Blues by a similar 3-2 margin back in 2014-15. The three game streak is the third longest in franchise history […]
Opening Night
Overall the Rangers are 38-38-13-1 in opening night games dating back to their NHL debut back in 1926-27. They currently sit on a three game winning streak, having beaten the Islanders 5-3 last season, Chicago 3-2 the previous year, and the Blues by a similar 3-2 margin back in 2014-15. The three game streak is the third longest in franchise history […]
Lineup Set For Preseason Opener
The Rangers go into tomorrow’s preseason opener against the Islanders with a very inexperienced line-up. Only 14 of the 20 players have NHL experience including try-outs Andrew Desjardins and Bobby Farnham. Of the 14, only 6 were regulars with the Rangers last year including Pavel Buchnevich, Michael Grabner, Nick Holden, Ryan McDonagh, J.T. Miller and Rick Nash. Veteran AHLers Cole Schneider and Paul Carey will get […]
My Game 1 Recap: Preview Edition
The scene is set. Two original six teams do battle once more, renewing acquaintances for the first time since the Rangers knocked out Carey Price and the Montreal Canadiens in the 2014 Eastern Conference Finals. In the case of Price it was literal, figurative of course in terms of the Canadiens in general. Many in […]
All in?
With the recent flurry of success in Ranger land, optimism reigns supreme. Prevailing winds of discussion are predominantly leaning towards Keith Yandle. Brought to the Rangers at enormous expense late last season, mysteriously miscast by a Coach who has often shown little tolerance for certain players mistakes, all the while overlooking certain others. See J.T. Miller […]
A New Member Of The 400 club
In the ninety one year history of the New York Rangers a total of one thousand and twenty nine players have worn the Broadway Blueshirt. Of those, only sixty seven have appeared in four hundred or more regular season games as a Ranger. Tonight that group will grow by one more, when Ryan McDonagh appears in his […]
Let Him Buck
Sunday night you knew Dylan McIlrath or Tanner Glass was going to ask Wayne Simmons to step outside and settle up for his cheap shot on Ryan McDonagh. He did, and Dylan McIlrath continued winning over Ranger fans, by getting a couple licks in on Simmonds as the tussle wound down. It was a stirring start to the Rangers 3-1 win over […]